RCE in Duolingo Tinycards
CVE-2017-16905
The DuoLingo TinyCards application before 1.0 for Android has one use of unencrypted HTTP, which allows remote attackers to spoof content, and consequently achieve remote code execution, via a man-in-the-middle attack.
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
EPSS: 0.035 (87.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Duolingo Tinycards
- Google Android
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
- 0xsaju/Awesome-Bugbounty-Writeups
- 302Found1/Awesome-Writeups
- Fa1c0n35/Awesome-Bugbounty-Writeups
- Hacker-Fighter001/Bug-Bounty-Hunter-Articles
- ImranTheThirdEye/Awesome-Bugbounty-Writeups
- Neelakandan-A/BugBounty_
- Patrikx0x0/Awesome-Bugbounty-Writeups
- Prabirrimi/Awesome-Bugbounty-Writeups
- Prabirrimi/BugBounty_
- Prodrious/writeups
References
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-16905?
- CVE-2017-16905 is a high-severity vulnerability in Duolingo Tinycards, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2018-01-05.
- How severe is CVE-2017-16905?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-16905 known to be exploited?
- 40 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.